chess_transfers {fivethirtyeight}

Chess Transfers

Description

The raw data behind the story "American Chess Is Great Again" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/american-chess-is-great-again/.

Usage

chess_transfers

Format

A data frame with 932 rows representing international player transfers and 5 variables:

url

The corresponding website on the World Chess Federation page which details the transfers of a given year.

id

An numeric identifier for the chess player who transferred.

federation

The current national federation of the chess player

form_fed

The national federation from which the chess player has transferred.

transfer_date

The date at which the transfer took place.

Source

World Chess Federation